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Op3 only boots into twrp after failed update

Hello,
I wanted to update my op3 from Beta8 to Beta9 while using ota. I didnt realised that I had twrp installed. So after booting into recovery nothing happened.
Now I cant reboot my op3. It only boots into twrp. Even a normal flash and a full wipe + install cant restore anything...

I have the same problem

Here the same but with CM14 after a wrong download & install now Recovery Loop
How to solve???

I had this problem too. Flash the Oxygen recovery OB7. It will update automatically and turn on. But be patient because it takes a lot.

sibmon said:
Hello,
I wanted to update my op3 from Beta8 to Beta9 while using ota. I didnt realised that I had twrp installed. So after booting into recovery nothing happened.
Now I cant reboot my op3. It only boots into twrp. Even a normal flash and a full wipe + install cant restore anything...
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The way I found works is to start from scratch and yes you will lose all data on the phone. Had to do this yesterday because I messed a few things up.
Make sure you have the modified recovery (1.28), Beta 9 Full (1.3GB), and SuperSU (SR5) if you want root, on your computer. And you will need your computer for these steps.
1. Boot to TWRP > Wipe > Format Data. There's a warning screen you just type yes and press enter. This should set your /data partition to F2FS; all other partitions will remain EXT4. (The TWRP MTP didn't pop up on me so then I had to reflash twrp from fastboot). If your PC see's your device after this step, skip to step 9, but my guess is, when you format data, the required files for MTP disappears with it.
2. Power off your device.
3. Put device into fastboot mode (start device by holding volume up + power)
4. Connect device to PC.
5. fastboot flash recovery modded_twrp.img
6. Disconnect device from computer and shut down phone.
7. Load recovery (start device by holding volume down + power)
8. Connect to PC
9. TWRP MTP should be working; transfer the recovery file, beta9, and super SU (if you want root) to your internal storage.
10. I usually disconnect my phone from my PC at this point.
11. Go to Install > sdcard > media folder (your files should be here).
12. Flash Beta 9 zip.
13. Reflash modded TWRP (click Install Image button and you should see your TWRP file).
14. Reboot to Recovery (I noticed that click on Reboot and Recovery freezes TWRP on me, so you can manually power down by holding power button down).
15. Swipe to accept modifications
16. If you don't need root, you're all done. The first boot takes like 5 min.
For some reason for root, it doesn't work if you try without freeing up some space in the system folder. What you can do is:
1. In TWRP > Mount > tick off System > head back out to main menu
18. Advanced > File Manager > > system folder > app folder > and delete some google apps (ie. calendar, gmail, chrome; should be enough; can be downloaded from play store later)
19. Flash SuperSU SR5.
20. Wipe Cache and Dalvik, reboot.
I've noticed that if you don't root, your device will be encrypted on first boot of beta 9 (which causes some issues in TWRP not being able to mount the /data partition and decryption passwords not working in TWRP.

Same problem here, **** broken OB9 update.
EDIT: For those with the same problem, download stock recovery from here, flash it using adb, boot into recovery (might say that installation of update failed, it did for me) and then reboot to system.
Now it booted successfully and says that I have Open Beta 9. TWRP and SuperSU installations worked just fine after that.

I used twrp-3.0.2-22 to reflash beta 9 all is well.
I have same problem with twrp-3.0.2-1.28. Just boot into bootloader and flash twrp-3.0.2-22.

Can I flash that twrp-3.0.2-22 after I'm already on beta 9?
Nevermind I saw that it encrypts on first boot. I'll just wait for root again until after the final comes out.

No need for clean installation like hw4ng3r said.
I'll copy my other post's edit here if someone needs it.
For those with the same problem, download stock recovery from here, flash it using adb, boot into recovery (might say that installation of update failed, it did for me) and then reboot to system.
Now it booted successfully and says that I have Open Beta 9. TWRP and SuperSU installations worked just fine after that.
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Got 145849 AnTuTu result with OB9. Might be able to get a better result if I were to clean install, but I've just dirty flashed every update since 3.2.5.

karliyo said:
No need for clean installation like hw4ng3r said.
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Very true.
I interpreted the OP's comment as:
1. Already on TWRP
2. Tried full wipe and install (all data lost anyways)
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Tumpster said:
Can I flash that twrp-3.0.2-22 after I'm already on beta 9?
Nevermind I saw that it encrypts on first boot. I'll just wait for root again until after the final comes out.
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I've read that .22 TWRP doesn't have decryption issues of the /data partition like .28 has, but don't take my word for it. And the encryption happened to me when I flashed Beta9 from TWRP .28 and rebooted system without flashing Super SU.
The decryption of the /data partition in TWRP seems to be an issue if the file system is F2FS on Beta 8 and Beta 9. I haven't had any issues with EXT4.

sibmon said:
Hello,
I wanted to update my op3 from Beta8 to Beta9 while using ota. I didnt realised that I had twrp installed. So after booting into recovery nothing happened.
Now I cant reboot my op3. It only boots into twrp. Even a normal flash and a full wipe + install cant restore anything...
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Download stock recovery from OnePlus site (on very bottom) ,flash it using fastboot and than sideload new beta 9

Oneplus 3 decryption and stock recovery problem HELP!!!

I have been trying to flash oxygen os open beta 9 on my oneplus 3
first i tried the official steps mentioned on the oneplus site
I flashed stock oxygen os recovery
but when i boot into recovery mode it asks for a pattern which upon entering does not decrypt
I then flashed official TWRP and tried to flash the full open beta .zip file but it shows this package is for oneplus 3 this is a ""
also if i try to flash the modified TWRP 28 then also it cannot decrypt the phone
I would prefer not to format the phone if at all possible

aaditya98 said:
I have been trying to flash oxygen os open beta 9 on my oneplus 3
first i tried the official steps mentioned on the oneplus site
I flashed stock oxygen os recovery
but when i boot into recovery mode it asks for a pattern which upon entering does not decrypt
I then flashed official TWRP and tried to flash the full open beta .zip file but it shows this package is for oneplus 3 this is a ""
also if i try to flash the modified TWRP 28 then also it cannot decrypt the phone
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Hi, I think you should try to format data. Probabby via fastboot, then install TWRP.
Not sure which are the correct commands for the full format, so have a look around or someone else will help.
Otherwise there is the unbrick guide here in the forums to try.

I'm having a similar issue. So any advice would be great. Just updated to most recent unofficial TWRP (having been on a previous version). Now when entering my pin to decrypt it is not accepted. Would prefer not to have to format data.

aaditya98 said:
I have been trying to flash oxygen os open beta 9 on my oneplus 3
first i tried the official steps mentioned on the oneplus site
I flashed stock oxygen os recovery
but when i boot into recovery mode it asks for a pattern which upon entering does not decrypt
I then flashed official TWRP and tried to flash the full open beta .zip file but it shows this package is for oneplus 3 this is a ""
also if i try to flash the modified TWRP 28 then also it cannot decrypt the phone
I would prefer not to format the phone if at all possible
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unfortunately no choice other than wiping everything.....

antisoma said:
I'm having a similar issue. So any advice would be great. Just updated to most recent unofficial TWRP (having been on a previous version). Now when entering my pin to decrypt it is not accepted. Would prefer not to have to format data.
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I believe the decrypt is a known issue with TWRP and OB8/OB9 with F2FS /data partition. I don't think there's a work around at this time without formatting /data and rooting to prevent encryption.

Hw4ng3r said:
I believe the decrypt is a known issue with TWRP and OB8/OB9 with F2FS /data partition. I don't think there's a work around at this time without formatting /data and rooting to prevent encryption.
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So do you think there would be workaround in future?

0xelectron said:
So do you think there would be workaround in future?
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Hopefully there will be, but it doesn't look promising right now. @eng.stk is the one that was modding the TWRP, but has since stopped doing TWRP dev.

kipue said:
Hi, I think you should try to format data. Probabby via fastboot, then install TWRP.
Not sure which are the correct commands for the full format, so have a look around or someone else will help.
Otherwise there is the unbrick guide here in the forums to try.
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But I'm on official 3.2.8 with ext4 partition

Do you guy know where to get the stock recovery for openbeta 9? I downloaded somewhere a file recovery_OBT8N.img, but it still shows dm-verity issue.

nqk said:
Do you guy know where to get the stock recovery for openbeta 9? I downloaded somewhere a file recovery_OBT8N.img, but it still shows dm-verity issue.
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Fastboot Format system and data
Then fastboot flash stockrecovery
Then boot to system
Sideload rom
Then fastboot boot twrp28
Then wipe data and install superuser in one go

candiesdoodle said:
Fastboot Format system and data
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you mean: fastboot erase userdata?
Btw, I just ignore the dm-verity message to enter stock recovery, and do adb sideload openbeta9.zip and when it boots up again, the dm-verity message is no longer there.
I would try to format (erase userdata) data and flash the modded twrp.

nqk said:
you mean: fastboot erase userdata?
Btw, I just ignore the dm-verity message to enter stock recovery, and do adb sideload openbeta9.zip and when it boots up again, the dm-verity message is no longer there.
I would try to format (erase userdata) data and flash the modded twrp.
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Yeah fastboot Format userdata
But since you don't have the dm-verity you can skip the fastboot Format. Boot into the modd twrp and when it asks for password, hit cancel and then format data (you will have to type 'yes').
Then flash SuperSU or superuser in the same session without booting. This will ensure dm-verity doesn't come up again as it will start in enforcing mode, thanks to SuperSU/superuser.
You may be able to flash twrp afterwards but I haven't tried it.

failed to flash ob 10 and can only boot into recovery now

Tried to flash flash ob 10, but twrp said the zip was corrupted. I could not boot into the system anymore.
The problem is the system partition is ok ( verified from twrp file manager), but every time I choose reboot system, it will go back to twrp. I tried to re-flash ob 9, but twrp again reported another error. Log is attached. How should I solve the problem?
By the way, I wipe all data, including storage in twrp by mistake. Is there any way to recover the data? I am traveling now, just got several hundred pictures.:crying::crying: It seems to be impossible to do it on a computer in MTP mode, but I could not boot into the system neither.

Download the modded twrp from here and install it. Use it to flash community builds and all other roms from now on.
About the file recovering part, I wouldn't know.

You need to flash stock recovery, ADB sideload the official Open Beta, and boot into ROM.
By any chance, did you trigger an OTA update with TWRP installed?

zTweaked said:
Download the modded twrp from here and install it. Use it to flash community builds and all other roms from now on.
About the file recovering part, I wouldn't know.
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I am always using the modified one. I am encountering a weird error.
The message is like
'E: unknown command [log]
........
script succeeded: result was [1.000000]'.
Update: flashing stock recovery seems to be effective ( of course, twrp does not exist anymore ).

SoybeanYoung said:
I am always using the modified one. I am encountering a weird error.
The message is like
'E: unknown command [log]
........
script succeeded: result was [1.000000]'.
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Unknown command is a known and harmless issue on all 7.x.x roms. Just ignore it and go ahead.
And I think I saw 3.0.2-1 twrp version in your log.
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pmbabu said:
You need to flash stock recovery, ADB sideload the official Open Beta, and boot into ROM.
By any chance, did you trigger an OTA update with TWRP installed?
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Open Beta builds can be flashed via modded twrp, no need to use stock recovery and adb sideloading. Plus even if he installed an OTA update, it won't get installed on twrp ~ and no harm will be done.

After you flash any rom, reflash recovery. Reboot to RECOVERY & then to system.
The red message it's on almoust every Nugat rom. And it's about some log .

zTweaked said:
Open Beta builds can be flashed via modded twrp, no need to use stock recovery and adb sideloading. Plus even if he installed an OTA update, it won't get installed on twrp ~ and no harm will be done.
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He said he could only boot into twrp. That occurs (reboot to system will take it back to twrp over and over) only if someone tried an OTA update with twrp.

I don't think this is the case for you, but if you tried the other suggestions don't work try the below. I had a similar issue and found that my recovery partition was corrupted. However, an additional symptom I had was that my TWRP would hang completely when selecting reboot after any successful flash. I think modded TWRP does not like internal storage wipe from within TWRP (rather than through fastboot format userdata).
Boot to fastboot
Fastboot erase recovery
Fastboot flash recovery filename.img
Boot to recovery and flash your desired ROM+supersu which you can sideload via MTP (drag and drop from Windows) or adb push C:\SourceLocation\filename.zip /sdcard
I recommend ADB push over MTP.

Had the exact same problem as op, after some issues i was forced to use the unbrick method to get phone back as it wasn't even booting. Now im using beta 10 perfectly.

Did you manage to fix it? I have the same probem.

Oreo Installation - Differences to Nougat?

Hello guys,
I'm a bit confused now from reading through different posts, each describing different methods.
Why can't we just Flash the IMG of Oreo like we would do with Stock Nougat?
Is this because it's still soak and hasn't really been released yet or am I missing something?
Also, where's the difference to just flash Stock Nougat and update to Oreo via the System Update button in the settings (that's called OTA, right?)?
Also I read "Flashing bootloader of equal or minor version will hardbrick your device"
Does that mean if I Flash that 2 times I Flash the same bl Version and I hardbrick my device?
I'm from Germany btw.
NPPS25.137.7 2.4 (I read, I have to be on 137.93.2.5 but I can just either flash it directly or flash an earlier stock and update until I'm there I guess?)
XT1676
Boot loader: B8.23
Note: I thought it would be better to post that in q&a instead of the reply section of the stock Oreo fastboot update post, since this are kind of general questions to the Oreo update topic.
Greetings,
7080

Flashing an oero stock rom firmware image is exactly the same as flashing a nougat stock rom firmware image (although there's a few more img_sparsechunks to flash)
You won't brick your phone if the firmware you are flashing the the same or newer
You will brick your phone if you try and flash a gpt & bootloader that is lower than the version currently on your phone
You can downgrade by flashing everything except these parts
There's no difference to flashing an ota via stock recovery to doing it via system update - however you must be on a fully unmodified stock rom else it will fail and potentially brick your phone
Don't confuse flashing an ota with flashing a complete stock rom firmware image
And ota must meet certain requirements - eg must be on a certain stock firmware version
A stock firmware image (complete stock firmware) can be flashed on any device (to which the image is for) that has the same or older bootloader version

TheFixItMan said:
Don't confuse flashing an ota with flashing a complete stock rom firmware image
And ota must meet certain requirements - eg must be on a certain stock firmware version
A stock firmware image (complete stock firmware) can be flashed on any device (to which the image is for) that has the same or older bootloader version
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Thank you!
It took me some time to find out that OTA's only apply from one specific version to an other (the post from "tfwboredom" with all OTA's he was able to catch was a big help) and when i didnt get any OTA's (after flashing stock Nougat) i did an OTA update via adb. After that, my phone offered me OTA's again and i could upgrade until Oreo --.13 i guess. I rediscovered a thread with the full fastboot stock Oreo firmware --.16 then (forgot i already had downloaded it with my phone to my sd ^^) and flashed this then with the computer.
My Problem right now is the thing with the auto encryption.
Im on OPP28.85-16 now with TWRP64bit installed and was also able to get root by flashing newest Magisk (18.0) and the f2fs-loopback-bug-workaround (I dont really know for what that is) and installing MagiskManager v6.1 after booting system.
However, when i return to twrp after booting into system it asks me for a password to disable encryption and also wont flash things properly until i format data or do a factory reset. But after booting into system this encryption will be applied again. Flashing no-verity-encrypt didnt solve the problem.
What i want to find out now is:
1. Why is it automatically encrypting again and how can i disable that?
2. When i disabled that, can i encrypt my phone in the settings and use that password then to unlock twrp?
3. Where is the difference between this auto encryption and when i click in system settings on encrypt phone?
As far as i understood, in Nougat no-verity-encrypt was to prevent the dm-verity...thing to encrypt your phone but i could still enable encryption in the system settings.
(4. what is the purpose of f2fs bug fix?) - and has it enything to do with encryption?

G5-User7080 said:
Thank you!
It took me some time to find out that OTA's only apply from one specific version to an other (the post from "tfwboredom" with all OTA's he was able to catch was a big help) and when i didnt get any OTA's (after flashing stock Nougat) i did an OTA update via adb. After that, my phone offered me OTA's again and i could upgrade until Oreo --.13 i guess. I rediscovered a thread with the full fastboot stock Oreo firmware --.16 then (forgot i already had downloaded it with my phone to my sd ^^) and flashed this then with the computer.
My Problem right now is the thing with the auto encryption.
Im on OPP28.85-16 now with TWRP64bit installed and was also able to get root by flashing newest Magisk (18.0) and the f2fs-loopback-bug-workaround (I dont really know for what that is) and installing MagiskManager v6.1 after booting system.
However, when i return to twrp after booting into system it asks me for a password to disable encryption and also wont flash things properly until i format data or do a factory reset. But after booting into system this encryption will be applied again. Flashing no-verity-encrypt didnt solve the problem.
What i want to find out now is:
1. Why is it automatically encrypting again and how can i disable that?
2. When i disabled that, can i encrypt my phone in the settings and use that password then to unlock twrp?
3. Where is the difference between this auto encryption and when i click in system settings on encrypt phone?
As far as i understood, in Nougat no-verity-encrypt was to prevent the dm-verity...thing to encrypt your phone but i could still enable encryption in the system settings.
(4. what is the purpose of f2fs bug fix?) - and has it enything to do with encryption?
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You need to format data to remove encryption
Wipe - option on the right
If you encrypt again once booted you need to use a twrp that supports encryption - the 64bit version posted in most rom threads don't support encryption but I did post the source code to my test version which someone compiled which may have encryption support
You can try it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgFyYfjEyqAEXOGjg_UfeedlQwaLVF1F/view
All you should need to do is flash magisk - try version 17
You probably will need to change the device fingerprint to pass CtsProfile
Use this module
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-magiskhide-props-config-t3789228

TheFixItMan said:
You need to format data to remove encryption
Wipe - option on the right
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- Yes, i did that, but when i boot system after it and return to twrp its again encrypted, but ill try a clean stock oreo flash -> twrp -> format data -> reboot -> return to twrp
If you encrypt again once booted you need to use a twrp that supports encryption - the 64bit version posted in most rom threads don't support encryption but I did post the source code to my test version which someone compiled which may have encryption support
You can try it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgFyYfjEyqAEXOGjg_UfeedlQwaLVF1F/view
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- Oh ok, i switched to 64bit version because of efs backup when still on Nougat, but i read somewhere that the 32bit version has that now, too, so could i also go just back to 32bit twrp?
As far as i remember, i never had a Problem with encryption on Nougat with 64bit.
- What does that mean that twrp supports encryption, when data gets encrypted every time, how should twrp be able to read that then?
All you should need to do is flash magisk - try version 17
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- why 17 and not 18? i mean 18 worked when i tried it?
You probably will need to change the device fingerprint to pass CtsProfile
Use this module
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-magiskhide-props-config-t3789228
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- I have currently no lock enabled, because i want to do a twrp backup after everything is done, what is the problem with fingerprint and what is CtsProfile?
I'll try that things out, thank you, and edit this when i find some things out
What i want at the end is a rooted Oreo (done) with a working twrp, where i can still flash and backup and restore without wiping data every time and if possible i want to use the normal encryption (the one when i boot system and set it up in settings).
I still dont really get what this auto encryption is.

As far I was aware the 64bit twrp cannot decrypt data apart from the test one I posted
If you don't have a twrp that supports data encryption your phone will still work, you just won't be able to use/flash zips to the data partition or backup/restore that partition
If you get a decrypt data when you boot your phone normally and it doesn't decrypt then you must remove encryption and boot the rom first before applying encryption again
My official 32bit twrp does support data encryption and will work on any 32bit rom including stock oero
Use any version of Magisk that works for you - I no longer own this device & only tested with magisk 17

Everything worked pretty well until i wanted to restore an older backup, I tried to format data before doing the restore but it failed.
After i flashed twrp (official 32bit this time) i did a factory reset to remove decryption and rebooted recovery to prevent the system fromr eplacing it. But when i use format data after that (or already in first place, could be that i tried that, too) it fails, it sais data successfully decrypted and continues and then theres an error. And when i try then a factory reset, too it fails, too.
However, after changing file system to ext4 and than formatting again (i dont remember exactly) i endet up with a working f2fs data partition and was able to use format data and restore backup,...
I am very confused now, because i dont get at all what the heck is the problem, should i not format data and do factory reset or does this happen when i flash the f2fs bug workaround before or is it because i booted the system and begun to change the settings, i have no idea,.. but ill try out and write you when i find something out!
EDIT:
Ok i found some things out, still dont understand at all, but it seems that
format data fails after booting into system
but works after rebooting twrp again
factory reset fails after format data fails
but works after format data works
works not after rebooting twrp, only if format data was successfull before (bec that works again after rebooting twrp)
rebooting system after format data failed will result into a bootloop into recovery with error when trying to enter recovery after manually going to bootloader -> recovery it works
It may help to see it in a table:
After flashing Oreo(boots up) and then twrp:
format data failed
factory reset failed
After flashing Oreo(boots up) and twrp and rebooting twrp:
format data successfull
factory reset successfull
reboot system
reboot twrp
format data failed
factory reset failed
reboot system results in bootloop into recovery with error
reboot twrp
factory reset failed
format data successull
reboot system
reboot twrp
factory reset successull
format data failed
factory reset failed
reboot twrp
factory reset failed
format data successull
factory reset successull
Output when format data fails:
Code:
[CODE]Data successfully decrypted, new block device: '/dev/block/dm-0'
Updating partition details...
...done
Successfully decrypted with default password.
Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
MTP Enabled
I guess thats the log from twrp start and what followes is the one for format data
Code:
Formatting Data using mkfs.f2fs...
mkfs.f2fs -t 0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p54 process ended with ERROR: 255
Unable to wipe Data.
Unable to format to remove encryption.
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/data' (Device or resource busy)
...done
Unable to mount Storage
[/CODE]
And for factory reset after it:
Code:
Failed to mount '/data' (Device or resource busy)
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/data' (Device or resource busy)
...done
Unable to mount storage

Try a
fastboot erase userdata
Type this in cmd on pc with phone connected via USB in bootloader mode
This will erase everything on internal

TheFixItMan said:
Try a
fastboot erase userdata
Type this in cmd on pc with phone connected via USB in bootloader mode
This will erase everything on internal
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when should i do that?
Instead of using frmat data?
So when i flash twrp and boot into it first thing i should do is format data right? So i should just after flashing erase userdata and THEN enter twrp or what?
I'll copy in my reply from an other thread where 2 ppl tried to help me.

G5-User7080 said:
hmm, i did as follows:
flash stock (oreo) be sure sparsechunk 0-8 are ALL flashed
let phone start and turn it off again
flash twrp
boot recovery and factory reset
reboot recovery
flash magisk 18
reboot system
install magisk 6.1 apk
The thing is, when i dont reboot recovery after its installation the system will overwrite it with stock recovery and as far as i understood i need to reboot twrp for that.
I just did as i did for Nougat there regarding the post from 'Johny Cipeli':
6. In the Decrypt /data screen, press cancel, then "Swipe to Allow Modifications"
7. Go to WIPE, then "Swipe to Factory Reset"
8. Come back to TWRP main menu, go to REBOOT, then RECOVERY, then DO NOT INSTALL
So should i do then:
flash stock (oreo) be sure sparsechunk 0-8 are ALL flashed
let phone start and turn it off again
flash twrp
boot recovery
reboot recovery
format data
flash magisk 18
reboot system
install magisk 6.1 apk
or is this irrelevant if i first format data, then reboot twrp and then flash magisk?
Why do you flash no-verity? I tried that out earlier but it made no difference on the standard encryption.
I tryed a bit around with the data errors and found some things out, would you mind switching to this thread for the following?
Thank you for helping me, I just get totally confused by the Oreo process,.. worked so easy on nougat
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As I rooted the device it was on Oreo OPS28.85-13-3 by OTA and I did it like this:
flash latest official twrp 3.2.3.1
make a backup of EFS and persist
boot recovery (now it prompts you to give in a decryption code, just press skip)
format data (F2FS)
don't reboot now
flash magisk 18 (I flashed 17.2 and updated later, no clue why)
reboot to system
install magisk 6.1 apk (if it's missing, in my case it was present)
if you reboot to twrp now it shouldn't prompt you to give in a decryption key anymore

G5-User7080 said:
when should i do that?
Instead of using frmat data?
So when i flash twrp and boot into it first thing i should do is format data right? So i should just after flashing erase userdata and THEN enter twrp or what?
I'll copy in my reply from an other thread where 2 ppl tried to help me.
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It's the same as format data in twrp

To have it all in one Thread:
Wolfcity said:
So if you can't decrypt your data partition by formatting it (F2FS) and flashing magisk right after it without a reboot in between it may be possible that the bug is still present.
In that case you can give it a try and flash the fix from TWRP, maybe one of the older versions because the latest ones doesn't work for everyone.
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hmm, i did as follows:
flash stock (oreo) be sure sparsechunk 0-8 are ALL flashed
let phone start and turn it off again
flash twrp
boot recovery and factory reset
reboot recovery
flash magisk 18
reboot system
install magisk 6.1 apk
The thing is, when i dont reboot recovery after its installation the system will overwrite it with stock recovery and as far as i understood i need to reboot twrp for that.
I just did as i did for Nougat there regarding the post from 'Johny Cipeli':
6. In the Decrypt /data screen, press cancel, then "Swipe to Allow Modifications"
7. Go to WIPE, then "Swipe to Factory Reset"
8. Come back to TWRP main menu, go to REBOOT, then RECOVERY, then DO NOT INSTALL
So should i do then:
flash stock (oreo) be sure sparsechunk 0-8 are ALL flashed
let phone start and turn it off again
flash twrp
boot recovery
reboot recovery
format data
flash magisk 18
reboot system
install magisk 6.1 apk
or is this irrelevant if i first format data, then reboot twrp and then flash magisk?
woozie.2007 said:
i dont think so, I rooted in that method, after update to oreo 8.1 stock, i flash official terp, then I flashed no verity 6.0 adn then format data partition. After that i booted in android, it say is encrypted, i can't decrypt it, but it works very well. I rooted two moto g5 stock oreo in that mode. Good luck
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Why do you flash no-verity? I tried that out earlier but it made no difference on the standard encryption.
woozie.2007 said:
i flashed no verity because i want to decrypt the phone, but i didnt do that, not works, but works twrp for flashing, backup and restore without any problems. I cant say because of no verity or not, but it works. My phone is encrypted, but rooted with magisk 18.0 and i can install any module i want
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As far as i know from 'TheFixItMan', he said that the 32bit twrp is able to surpass the encryption somehow.
But i guess this is kind of a standard encryption and not the "real encryption" could that be?
Because, i thought encryption means, you have to enter a password on boot to decrypt it.
When you set up your password under security you can choose to enter it on boot and then it will ask you for this password everytime BEFORE booting your system, and this will also be your password to decrypt data for twrp then. But i dont know if thats the "real encryption" or that standatd thing is, too, but just decrypts automatically on boot.
Thank you for helping me, I just get totally confused by the Oreo process,.. worked so easy on nougat

in security option, the phone appear to be encrypted, in nougat after flash no verity the phone was decrypted. In oreo i dont know why is appear encrypted and i cant decrypt with no verity....

Wolfcity said:
As I rooted the device it was on Oreo OPS28.85-13-3 by OTA and I did it like this:
flash latest official twrp 3.2.3.1
make a backup of EFS and persist
boot recovery (now it prompts you to give in a decryption code, just press skip)
format data (F2FS)
don't reboot now
flash magisk 18 (I flashed 17.2 and updated later, no clue why)
reboot to system
install magisk 6.1 apk (if it's missing, in my case it was present)
if you reboot to twrp now it shouldn't prompt you to give in a decryption key anymore
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I dont have the option to backup efs,.. im using twrp 3.2.3-0 (the latest i could get from official twrp site) but i already did backup efs and persist in nougat, isnt that enough? DO i have to do that again on Oreo?
Also its not asking me for a decryption code, are you using 64bit twrp then?
And i remember that twrp got overwritten 2 or 3 times by stock recovery, and i thought that was because i didnt rebooted twrp again, since i rebooted twrp after formatting data it didnt happen again.
Also it did work for me using the 1. method i wrote earlier, i successfully rooted my phone, im just wondering now which is the "better" or "correct method to either
boot recovery, reboot recovery, format data and flash magisk
boot recovery, format data, reboot recovery, flash magisk
boot recovery, format data, flash magisk, boot system (but i guess next time you enter twrp it gets overwritten by stock recovery then)
boot recovery, format data, flash magisk, reboot recovery and boot system
or stay in bootloader (after flashing twrp) fastboot erase userdata, boot recovery, -data, -magisk, -system
or -recovery, -bootloader fastboot erase userdata, -recovery, -magisk, - system,.... you get the idea

woozie.2007 said:
in security option, the phone appear to be encrypted, in nougat after flash no verity the phone was decrypted. In oreo i dont know why is appear encrypted and i cant decrypt with no verity....
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Because theres some sort of auto encryption which everytime reencrypts your phone.
I just dont get the sense of formatting data if it gets reencrypted anyway and twrp can surpass encryption.

G5-User7080 said:
After flashing Oreo(boots up) and then twrp:
format data failed
factory reset failed
After flashing Oreo(boots up) and twrp and rebooting twrp:
format data successfull
factory reset successfull
. . .
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Had to correct that!
So in general after booting system, formatting data fails, maybe it works with fastboot erase userdata (didnt test it, cause i dont want to reflash Oreo again, i wanna go to bed.
But just rebooting recovery after booting first time in twrp works, so after that format data works. Works not..
Now im confused,.. after being in system and returning to twrp format data fails, but it seems when you fail it and then reboot recovery then it works...
So boot recovery, reboot recovery -> format data wont work BUT
boot recovery, format data fails, reboot recovery, format data will work WTF
So i guess either do factory reset instead of formatting data (thats also fine, or not?) or use fastboot erase userdata after flashing twrp in bootloader (i mean i do this while flashing oreo,.. so i dont really get why i have to do that again but i also dont really get why i have to format data a all)
Good night guys, thank you for your help,.. ill continue tomorrow.

G5-User7080 said:
Had to correct that!
So in general after booting system, formatting data fails, maybe it works with fastboot erase userdata (didnt test it, cause i dont want to reflash Oreo again, i wanna go to bed.
But just rebooting recovery after booting first time in twrp works, so after that format data works. Works not..
Now im confused,.. after being in system and returning to twrp format data fails, but it seems when you fail it and then reboot recovery then it works...
So boot recovery, reboot recovery -> format data wont work BUT
boot recovery, format data fails, reboot recovery, format data will work WTF
So i guess either do factory reset instead of formatting data (thats also fine, or not?) or use fastboot erase userdata after flashing twrp in bootloader (i mean i do this while flashing oreo,.. so i dont really get why i have to do that again but i also dont really get why i have to format data a all)
Good night guys, thank you for your help,.. ill continue tomorrow.
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Latest official TWRP recovery is 3.2.3.1 for potter:
https://eu.dl.twrp.me/potter/
It has the ability to backup EFS and persist (see attached screenshot). I would make a backup just to be on the safe side.
To prevent the device from encrypting again the trick is to flash magisk after formatting data and before rebooting, it deactivates the "force encryption" flag (unless you tick the "keep force encryption" box in magisk manager).
Also I hadn't any problems to make TWRP stick.
Edit: A factory reset won't reformat data.
If you want your data partition decrypted or not depends on your needs. Encrypted is safe but you're not able to access it to make any changes unless you decrypt it again....

Wolfcity said:
Latest official TWRP recovery is 3.2.3.1 for potter:
https://eu.dl.twrp.me/potter/
It has the ability to backup EFS and persist (see attached screenshot). I would make a backup just to be on the safe side.
To prevent the device from encrypting again the trick is to flash magisk after formatting data and before rebooting, it deactivates the "force encryption" flag (unless you tick the "keep force encryption" box).
Also I hadn't any problems to make TWRP stick.
Edit: A factory reset won't reformat data.
If you want your data partition decrypted or not depends on your needs. Encrypted is safe but you're not able to access it to backup data or make any changes unless you decrypt it again....
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I have the G5 not plus, theres no 3.2.3.1 yet. (Aber lustig, dass du auch aus deutschland bist (denk ich mal) ).
Ahh so i have to flash magisk right after decrypting by formatting data? But i cant successfully format data when i come from system as i wrote earlier so the question is if it works when i fastboot erase userdata to decrypt data and if data doesnt get reencrypted when i boot then twrp.
I guess if the force encryption reencrypts when i boot recovery, too it wont work, then i guess the only way is to enter recovery, do a failed attempt, reboot recovery, and successfully format data.
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It deactivates the "force encryption" flag (unless you tick the "keep force encryption" box).
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Also after installing magisk and booting system it still says encrypted in settigns so i thought its not removing the force encrypt. And i dont have found that switch yet..

Wolfcity said:
To prevent the device from encrypting again the trick is to flash magisk after formatting data and before rebooting, it deactivates the "force encryption" flag (unless you tick the "keep force encryption" box in magisk manager).
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Hi,
If i already have the phone encrypted and rooted with magisk, "keep force encryption" is tick, if I will untick the option will booting decrypted?

G5-User7080 said:
I have the G5 not plus, theres no 3.2.3.1 yet. (Aber lustig, dass du auch aus deutschland bist (denk ich mal) ).
Ahh so i have to flash magisk right after decrypting by formatting data? But i cant successfully format data when i come from system as i wrote earlier so the question is if it works when i fastboot erase userdata to decrypt data and if data doesnt get reencrypted when i boot then twrp.
I guess if the force encryption reencrypts when i boot recovery, too it wont work, then i guess the only way is to enter recovery, do a failed attempt, reboot recovery, and successfully format data.
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Also after installing magisk and booting system it still says encrypted in settigns so i thought its not removing the force encrypt. And i dont have found that switch yet..
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Ah ok, I thought your device is a potter.
The checkbox is found inside magisk manager but it is unticked by default so the device should decrypt.
Have you tried the official twrp instead of the 64bit unofficial version?
Maybe try magisk 17.2 too as I did.
And yes, I'm from good old Germany too.
woozie.2007 said:
Hi,
If i already have the phone encrypted and rooted with magisk, "keep force encryption" is tick, if I will untick the option will booting decrypted?
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I think you will have to decrypt data by formatting it, unticking the checkbox just prevents the device from encrypting itself again. You should find some additional informations:
https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/MagiskInstallationIssues

Question Cannot flash TWRP from Fastboot, TWRP reboot shows Slot A/B, dont know what to do

Ive already flashed a few phones, but this is the first time that Ive got CMD error "FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)". So I booted twrp.img, falshed ArrowOS and TWRP from within TWRP and it said something about Slot A and B, which I dont understand ... some guide also said to Format Data, which I did, and then I just could boot into TWRP in Slot A, and no OS on Slot B, which rebooted me into Slot A. I couldnt find any info about this and I dont know what to do. Anybody knows how to properly flash TWRP and custom ROMs please ?

Start fresh by flashing stock MIUI rom through fastboot and proceed from there
1 Boot once into MIUI and reboot into fastboot
2 fastboot boot twrp.img (from platform tools folder)
3 Flash custom rom like ArrowsOS with inject twrp option checked
4 Reboot recovery
5 Format Data by typing "yes"
6 Reboot to system
7 Done

Follow the TWRP install instructions by fastboot boot TWRP.img
advanced, install TWRP
It should then reboot and TWRP will be installed
Then proceed as above by flashing a ROM e.g ArrowOS with TWRP inject.
Then reboot TWRP and wipe data

Use "fastboot boot TWRP.img" to temporarily boot TWRP.
You can install TWRP by using "Install to Ramdisk" inside TWRP and selecting TWRP.img

Cvenda said:
Ive already flashed a few phones, but this is the first time that Ive got CMD error "FAILED (remote: (recovery_a) No such partition)". So I booted twrp.img, falshed ArrowOS and TWRP from within TWRP and it said something about Slot A and B, which I dont understand ... some guide also said to Format Data, which I did, and then I just could boot into TWRP in Slot A, and no OS on Slot B, which rebooted me into Slot A. I couldnt find any info about this and I dont know what to do. Anybody knows how to properly flash TWRP and custom ROMs please ?
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Did you manage to fix it? I got into the same problem, I could only fix it downloading the most updated version of adb/fastboot. I don't remember where I downloaded it, but it was what solved this problem for me.

pedrowood said:
Did you manage to fix it? I got into the same problem, I could only fix it downloading the most updated version of adb/fastboot. I don't remember where I downloaded it, but it was what solved this problem for me.
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well Iam still confused about that Slot A/B thing, but since Ive probably bricked my phone, I flashed the fastboot ROM through MiFlasher and I havent tried flashing TWRP or custom ROM since, there are some things I really like about MIUI so Iam gonna see which ROM Iam gonna choose in the future

Cvenda said:
well Iam still confused about that Slot A/B thing, but since Ive probably bricked my phone, I flashed the fastboot ROM through MiFlasher and I havent tried flashing TWRP or custom ROM since, there are some things I really like about MIUI so Iam gonna see which ROM Iam gonna choose in the future
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Slot A and B refer to Project Treble, where there are 2 separate partitions. 1 for OEM like Samsung and other for core Android OS. That way Google can update the OS partition with security updates without having to wait for Samsung to implement those security update into their version of Android, as was the case before Galaxy S9. Needless to say, this way security updates get pushed out way faster, because there is no need to wait an entire year (I'm looking at you Samsung) for OEM to finally implement it. Hope this clears things up for you.

Milan-XDA said:
Slot A and B refer to Project Treble, where there are 2 separate partitions. 1 for OEM like Samsung and other for core Android OS. That way Google can update the OS partition with security updates without having to wait for Samsung to implement those security update into their version of Android, as was the case before Galaxy S9. Needless to say, this way security updates get pushed out way faster, because there is no need to wait an entire year (I'm looking at you Samsung) for OEM to finally implement it. Hope this clears things up for you.
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reason for slots

Robert314 said:
Follow the TWRP install instructions by fastboot boot TWRP.img
advanced, install TWRP
It should then reboot and TWRP will be installed
Then proceed as above by flashing a ROM e.g ArrowOS with TWRP inject.
Then reboot TWRP and wipe data
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there is a slight problem with this ... I cannot upload any file to the phone, because I have wiped Data, so there is no folder that I can access from the PC, so I can only sideload .zip files, and most of the .zip files just doesnt work for some reason, only ArrowOS, but not the PixelExtended, nor CrDroid ... I cannot even sideload TWRP.img to install it into ramdisk
EDIT: after sideloading ArrowOS and booting TWRP using "fastboot boot twrp.img", I can access internal storage, so I uploaded twrp.img into /sdcard/Download folder, installed it into ramdisk, rebooted to Recovery and now successfully flashing CrDroid ROM that I uploaded to /sdcard/Download

Cvenda said:
there is a slight problem with this ... I cannot upload any file to the phone, because I have wiped Data, so there is no folder that I can access from the PC, so I can only sideload .zip files, and most of the .zip files just doesnt work for some reason, only ArrowOS, but not the PixelExtended, nor CrDroid ... I cannot even sideload TWRP.img to install it into ramdisk
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You can adb transfer files in TWRP. You could also use a USB stick connected via OTG cable

Robert314 said:
You can adb transfer files in TWRP. You could also use a USB stick connected via OTG cable
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its behaving so randomly ... I often get error kInstallDeviceOpenError, even tho I successfully installed that ROM at least one time ... I dont know which slot (A/B) to use and when ... now I have ArrowOS in slot A and CrDroid ins lot B, and I cannot flash anything from booted TWRP.img ... Iam gonna try to install TWRP into ramdisk again from USB OTG

Cvenda said:
its behaving so randomly ... I often get error kInstallDeviceOpenError, even tho I successfully installed that ROM at least one time ... I dont know which slot (A/B) to use and when ... now I have ArrowOS in slot A and CrDroid ins lot B, and I cannot flash anything from booted TWRP.img ... Iam gonna try to install TWRP into ramdisk again from USB OTG
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In order to wipe the super partition (both A/B and data) flash Xiaomi.eu and then wipe data

Robert314 said:
In order to wipe the super partition (both A/B and data) flash Xiaomi.eu and then wipe data
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how exactly should I proceed ? flash fastboot stock ROM with MiFlasher, boot into bootloader, boot twrp.img, wipe data, and then what ? which slot do I choose ? should I install TWRP into ramdisk, reboot into recovery and then flash custom ROM ?

Cvenda said:
how exactly should I proceed ? flash fastboot stock ROM with MiFlasher, boot into bootloader, boot twrp.img, wipe data, and then what ? which slot do I choose ? should I install TWRP into ramdisk, reboot into recovery and then flash custom ROM ?
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ROM: xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/alioth/
Mi Flash: xiaomiflashtool.com
ADB & Fastboot: developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-poco-f3-xiaomi-mi-11x-redmi-k40.12161/?prefix_id=33
Clean Install of Xiaomi.eu ROM:
Flash Stock ROM with Mi Flash
Boot System once (to create /data)
Boot TWRP from Nebrassy or @Vasishoth
Flash Xiaomi.eu ROM
Format Data & Dalvik Cache

dreamytom said:
ROM: xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/archive/miui/alioth/
Mi Flash: xiaomiflashtool.com
ADB & Fastboot: developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
TWRP: https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-poco-f3-xiaomi-mi-11x-redmi-k40.12161/?prefix_id=33
Clean Install of Xiaomi.eu ROM:
Flash Stock ROM with Mi Flash
Boot System once (to create /data)
Boot TWRP from Nebrassy or @Vasishoth
Flash Xiaomi.eu ROM
Format Data & Dalvik Cache
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in case of flashing custom ROM, are the steps same ? just instead of Xiaomi.eu ROM I flash PE, or CrDroid ? and should I format data and dalvik also or wipe data (that option where I need to type YES) ? Ive found official guide for flashing CrDroid, but Iam stuck st booting animation for 30 minutes

Cvenda said:
in case of flashing custom ROM, are the steps same ? just instead of Xiaomi.eu ROM I flash PE, or CrDroid ? and should I format data and dalvik also or wipe data (that option where I need to type YES) ? Ive found official guide for flashing CrDroid, but Iam stuck st booting animation for 30 minutes
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Go into TWRP and press wipe then format data (type yes).

regedit12345 said:
Go into TWRP and press wipe then format data (type yes).
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I have stock rom in slot A (bootable and working) and custom rom in slot B (stuck at booting animation), and I should format data while being in slot A right ?

Cvenda said:
I have stock rom in slot A (bootable and working) and custom rom in slot B (stuck at booting animation), and I should format data while being in slot A right ?
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Doesn't matter. Just select format data > yes > reboot to system

regedit12345 said:
Doesn't matter. Just select format data > yes > reboot to system
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sooo what seemes to work for me now is, that I formated data, then flashed PE ROM from OTG and booted into it without any problems